Railway-signal



(No Model.)

S. B. PYLER.

RAILWAY SIGNAL.

Patented Aug. 31, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Omen.

SILAS B. FYLER, OF EAST SYRAOUSE, NEW YORK.

RAILWAY-SIGNAL.

SPECIFICATION orming part of Letters Patent No. 348,322, dated August31, 1886.

Application liled January 1G, 1886. Serial No. 189,709. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern.:

Be it known that I, STLAs B. FYLER, of East Syracuse, county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, a citizen of the United States, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Signals, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of myimproved railway-signal; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same; Fig. 3, atransverse section taken on line x x, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4, an enlargeddetail View of my tension-regulating device, illustrating its operation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to that class of railway-signals commonly known asbloek-sig nais, and my object is to improve such signal apparatus bothin construction, utility, and ease of operation. It is constructed asfollows:

A represents a railway-track consisting of ties a and rails b. Upon oneof the ties, as a, I mount horizontally a shaft, 1, in bearings 2,secured to the side of the tic. Upon the inner end of this shaft I placea collarprovided with an arm, 3, which arm is constructed in two partshinged together, as shown, and the whole arm standing at right angles tothe shaft and vertical in its original position. Upon the top of the tieI secure one end of a spring, 4, the other end of which bears againstthe upper section of the arm 3. The shaft 1 extends out beyond the endsof the ties, and upon it I mount the collars 5 6, each provided witharms 7 S, respectively, and each of these arms is provided with atransverse eye adjacent to its end, and both stand at right angles tothe shaft, and these arms are arranged, the arm 7 to stand outhorizontally and the arm S to stand at an angle of about forty-rivedegrees upward, when they are in their original position, ready foroperation.

B is the si glial-post, upon or in the upper end of which I pivotallymount the vane 9. This vane consists of a liat piece of wood or metalenlarged at one end, so as to receive a piece of colored glass, 10, redor green. The lever Sis connected to the short end of the vane by therod 16.

C is alantern, suspended from the top ofthe post B in such position thatwhen the vane is operated the glass 10 will come over in front of it.

D represents my device for use at the other end of the block, consistingof a hinged arln, 11, mounted upon a shaft, 12, which is journaled inbearings upon a tie, and which also carries an upright arm, 13. The arms7 and 13 are also connected t0 each other by the rod or wire 14. I alsomount aspring, 15, behind the arm 11, secured to the tie.

E represents my device for regulating the tension upon the rod 16,whcnso desired, consisting of a bar pivoted upon or in the post B, adjacentto 011e end of the bar, and provided with holes through it to receivea.pin, 17 ,which engages with the rod 16, and thus by shifting the pininward from one hole to another any slack in the rod 16 can be readilytaken up.

My device operates as follows: The de vice D is located at any desireddistance from the port B-say ahalf mile, more or less. In Fig. 1, I showmy apparatus in position ready for operation by a train approaching fromthe left side of thedrawings, the arm 3 being erect, while the arm 11inclines downward, so that its end is about level with the rail. As thelocomotive reaches the arm 3 it throwsit over forward, rotating theshaft 1,whiel1 carries the arms 7 and 8 downward. The arm 7 pulling downupon the rod 16 throws the vane into a horizontal posit-ion, or nearlyso, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, and at the same time the arm8 pulls upon the wire 14, which draws the arm 13 over toward the post B,and at the same time raises the arm 11 to an upright position, all asshown by the dotted lines; and when the lantern C is lighted 'thismovement of the vane draws the glass 10 down in front of the light, andthis creates a danger-signal at night, while the extended bar of thevane is alike signal by day. Then as the train approaches D it strikesthe then upright arm l1, throws it over forward, and this reversingaction of the arm 3 causes all of the parts to assume their normalpositions. \Vhen the arms 3 and 11 are located some distance apart, thewire 14 is supported upon pulleys or rollers mounted upon posts alongthe side of the track. The hinge-joints in the arms 3 IOC and 11 areplaced there by me, so that when either one is erect, as 3 in Fig. l, atrain mov-A ing against it from the right of the drawing Will simply'bend over the upper part of the arm against the spring, and as soon asthe last car has passed over it the spring will throw it up intoposition again.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. A railway-signal consisting of the shaft l, provided with the uprighthinged arm 3, the diagonal arm 7, connected to the vane 9, mounted uponthe post B, and the horizontal arm 8, connected to the arm 13 of theshaft 12, having also a hinged arm, 11, in combination" With the track,constructed and operating` together substantial] y as described.

2. In Va railway-signal apparatus, the teusion-regulator E,operat1ng; incombination 2o 'with the post B and rod 16, substantially as SILA'S'B.FYLER.

v In presence of- Y F. NV. BARKER, XVM. MARSHALL.

